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PreDiabetes Centers Physician Says Obesity Is Leading Cause of Insulin Resistance prweb.com Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 11:58 AM PST Dr. Alan Hopkins Urges Austin-Area Residents to Get Free Blood ScreeningAustin, TX (PRWEB) March 01, 2013 PreDiabetes Centers Medical Director Dr. Alan Hopkins made three guest appearances on radio shows to call attention to the growing epidemic of prediabetes, the precursor to type 2 diabetes, a chronic disease that affects more than 26 million Americans. Dr. Hopkins appeared on “The Good News ... Dietary sugar has a direct effect on diabetes risk, says study Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 11:31 AM PST Sugar consumption levels may have a ‘direct and independent’ link to the risk of developing diabetes, according to new research. Some Diabetes Drugs Linked To Pancreatitis Risk Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 11:20 AM PST Diabetes patients who take the newest class of diabetes drugs have double the risk of being hospitalized with acute pancreatitis, researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, reported in JAMA Internal Medicine. The authors explained that the new forms of sugar-control medications prescribed to diabetes patients are called GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide-1). Examples of ... High Sugar Consumption Linked To Diabetes Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 11:20 AM PST For a while the association between sugar consumption and diabetes was thought to solely relate to weight gain, but new research conducted at UC San Francisco indicates that sugar intake may also be directly linked to diabetes. The findings were published in the journal PLOS ONE. The researchers gathered data on sugar availability and diabetes rates from a total of 175 countries over the past 10 ... Sugar's Role In Rise Of Diabetes Gets Clearer Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 10:57 AM PST Robert Lustig, a physician and anti-sugar crusader, found in a new study that countries where people have easy access to sugar are more likely to see a rise in diabetes. But skeptics say that sugar's not the only culprit. read more Mechanisms regulating inflammation associated with type 2 diabetes, cancer identified Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 10:45 AM PST A new study has identified epigenetic mechanisms that connect a variety of diseases associated with inflammation. Nanogels offer new way to attack lupus Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 09:19 AM PST Scientists at Yale University have designed and tested a drug delivery system that shows early promise for improved treatment of lupus and other chronic, uncured autoimmune diseases, such as multiple sclerosis and Type 1 diabetes. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology: In Focus Archive Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 08:57 AM PST Please find below items previously published on our prelaunch website. We hope you enjoy our mixture of news, views and comment. Patients with type 2 diabetes diagnosed on the basis of increased fasting glucose concentrations or 2 h glucose ... Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 08:57 AM PST This article is made available free of charge, as a service to our users. Please login to access the full article, or register if you do not yet have a username and password. How This Drugmaker Will Deal With A Diabetes Delay Fri, 01 Mar, 2013 08:47 AM PST How This Drugmaker Will Deal With A Diabetes Delay

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